Information and point-of-care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has introduced two specialised mobile applications of Lippincott's Nursing Drug Handbook, the best-selling drug reference for nurses. Designed for use with iPad and iPhone, these apps are the industry's first electronic references for nurses to focus on drugs used in oncology and psychiatry. Both are subsets of the Nursing Drug Handbook app, which provides the fastest access to the most current drug information for nurses.
The Oncology drug app provides access to 169 antineoplastic drugs and the Psychiatric app includes 240 drugs used to treat psychiatric disorders and conditions. Nurses need immediate access to drug information so they can fully understand each drug prescribed for their patients, including the actions, dosage and adverse reactions. Fast access to accurate specialty drug information helps nurses ensure safe medication administration.
The Nursing Drug Handbook apps claim to provide the fastest access to nursing-specific drug information, allowing nurses to find drug facts anytime, anywhere in seconds. The full Nursing Drug Handbook app helps nurses find what they are looking for up to twice as fast as other nursing-specific drug apps. In addition, all of the Nursing Drug Handbook apps provide access to the most current drug information through weekly updates, making them the most frequently updated nursing drug apps in the industry.
The full Nursing Drug Handbook app features drug monographs addressing more than 900 generic and nearly 3,000 brand name drugs. It currently has the most comprehensive collection of pill images – more than 400 are included – to help nurses confidently identify their patients’ medications. Like the full version, both the Oncology and Psychiatric versions allow nurses to search for desired drugs alphabetically, by pharmacologic class and by therapeutic class. They include a dosage calculator, customisable notes, a favorites list, and detailed monographs, all in a user-friendly programme.
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